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Morphy Lake 1.8 M FROM E SHORE, CENTERED TO DAM - 07MorphyLake2 (21NMEX_WQX-07MorphyLake2) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This reservoir site, maintained by the NM Environmental Dept./SWQB (identifier 21NMEX_WQX), has the name "Morphy Lake 1.8 M FROM E SHORE, CENTERED TO DAM - 07MorphyLake2" and has the identifier 21NMEX_WQX-07MorphyLake2. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11080004.

This site is located in Mora County County, New Mexico at 35.9422260000 degrees latitude and -105.3975040000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 7841.2076 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21NMEX_WQX-07MorphyLake2" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2015 - 2016
Biological, Counts 2015 - 2016
Information 2015 - 2016
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2016 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2016 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2016 - 2016
Microbiological 2015 - 2016
Nutrient 2015 - 2016
Organics, BDEs 2016 - 2016
Organics, Other 2016 - 2016
Organics, Pesticide 2016 - 2016
Physical 2015 - 2016
Radiochemical 2016 - 2016
Stable Isotopes 2016 - 2016
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 21NMEX_WQX
OrganizationFormalName NM Environmental Dept./SWQB
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NMEX_WQX-07MorphyLake2
MonitoringLocationName Morphy Lake 1.8 M FROM E SHORE, CENTERED TO DAM - 07MorphyLake2
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
HUCEightDigitCode 11080004
LatitudeMeasure 35.9422260000
LongitudeMeasure -105.3975040000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 7841.2076
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 35
CountyCode 033
ProviderName STORET